Cohort of 12 children and seven women who were held in a Syrian camp arrived in Australia on Tuesday
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A group of 19 Australian women and children held in Syria since the defeat of Islamic State have arrived in Melbourne and Sydney, bringing an end to seven years of detention while thrusting themselves into a heated political debate about their future.
The cohort of 12 children and seven women left a Syrian detention camp last week before boarding flights home. Most either left Australia more than a decade ago, or were born in Syria or Iraq after their parents travelled to the so-called caliphate.
